RESULTS: Women's CourtCare Open, Chorley, Lancs, England
1st round:
[1] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Coline Aumard (FRA) 11-6, 7-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6
[5] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Deon Saffery (WAL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9
[6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [Q] Tamika Saxby (AUS) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1
[3] Tesni Evans (WAL) bt [Q] Chloe Mesic (FRA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
[4] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 11-1
[8] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt [Q] Nada Elkalaawy (ENG) 11-3, 7-3 ret.
[7] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt [Q] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt Victoria Temple-Murray (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[5] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt [1] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8
[6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [3] Tesni Evans (WAL) 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11
[8] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt [4] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [7] Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[5] Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt [6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 18-16, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [8] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7
Final:
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [5] Donna Urquhart (AUS) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6
Emily Whitlock won her second WSA World Tour title of the year when she beat Australia's Donna Urquhart in the final of the Women's CourtCare Open - becoming the third successive home winner of the WSA Challenger 15 squash event at David Lloyd Chorley in Chorley in the English county of Lancashire.
The 21-year-old No.2 seed dropped just one game en-route to the final - seeing off eighth-seeded American Olivia Blatchford in straight games in the semi-finals.
Urquhart, the fifth seed fighting back to top form after foot surgery last September, made her breakthrough in the quarter-finals where she ousted top seed Sarah-Jane Perry, the world No.14 from England, in a bruising five-game marathon.
The 28-year-old left-hander from New South Wales then survived another close encounter in the semis which went the full distance, beating Japan's top-ranked player Misaki Kobayashi to reach her second Tour final of the year.
